# Source: https://exa.ai/docs/reference/getting-started.md

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# Welcome to Exa

> Exa is a search engine made for AIs.

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Exa finds the exact content you're looking for on the web, with five core functionalities:

<a href="./search" target="_self" className="endpoint-link">/search -></a>\
Find webpages using Exa's embeddings-based search and other intelligent methods.

<a href="./get-contents" target="_self" className="endpoint-link">/contents -></a>\
Obtain clean, up-to-date, parsed HTML from Exa search results.

<a href="./find-similar-links" target="_self" className="endpoint-link">/findsimilar -></a>\
Based on a link, find and return pages that are similar in meaning.

<a href="./answer" target="_self" className="endpoint-link">/answer -></a>\
Get direct answers to questions using Exa's Answer API.

<a href="./research/create-a-task" target="_self" className="endpoint-link">/research -></a>\
Automate in-depth web research and receive structured JSON results with citations.

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## Get Started

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  <Card title={<div className="card-title">API Playground</div>} icon="code" href="https://dashboard.exa.ai">
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      Explore the API playground and try Exa API.
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  <Card title={<div className="card-title">QuickStart</div>} icon="bolt-lightning" href="./quickstart">
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      Use our SDKs to do your first Exa search.
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  <Card title={<div className="card-title">Tool Calling with Exa</div>} icon="magnifying-glass" href="./rag-quickstart">
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      Give LLMs the ability to search the web with Exa.
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  <Card title={<div className="card-title">Examples</div>} icon="lightbulb" href="../examples">
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      Learn from our pre-built tutorials and live demos.
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